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Disrupting Philanthropy 2.0 Part 1.

Today I started reading "Disrupting Philanthropy 2.0" it's an article which offers a broad view of how philanthropy and the organizations supported by it, will change in the coming years. Since this is a dense article consisting of 55 pages I will post my thoughts in sections. The next few blogs that I will post about the article "Disrupting Philanthropy 2.0" are my interpretations of what the author is… Continue

Added by Jordan Merlo on December 16, 2009 at 11:00am — No Comments

What are the differences between Tutor/Mentor Connections and Cabrini Connections?

As this is my 2nd day as an intern at Cabrini Connections you can probably imagine how confused I am. Before accepting this internship I thought that Cabrini Connections and Tutor Mentor Connections were the same. Though after I buried myself further in the Cabrini Connections websites I started to notice that Cabrini Connections and Tutor/Mentor Connections were not the same program. But what exactly makes the two different from each other?



From reading the Cabrini Connections… Continue

Added by Jordan Merlo on December 10, 2009 at 12:30pm — 1 Comment

First day of internship at Cabrini Connections!

Hello all,



I would first off like to thank Dan Bassill for giving me the opportunity to help be apart of the solution here at Cabrini Connections. I am looking forward to interning at a non-for-profit organization such as this where everyone takes such pride in fulfilling the mission of the organization. I believe that this internship position will give me great insight into how non-for-profits work and how they get there funding. I am excited to learn more about the organization as… Continue

Added by Jordan Merlo on December 8, 2009 at 3:02pm — 1 Comment

Support a US charity by voting on FACEBOOK today

The CHASE corporation has announced a program on Facebook that encourages people to vote for their favorite charity. The top vote getter could win $1 million and the runner up programs could each win $25,000.



You can vote for Cabrini Connections Tutor/Mentor Connection at http://apps.facebook.com/chasecommunitygiving/charities/1184283



If you are listed in the charity search… Continue

Added by Daniel Bassill on December 2, 2009 at 12:09pm — No Comments

Tips for Tutors

What a great place to connect with others who are helping children (and adults) in many areas of learning. My area of expertise is literacy (children's and family). Feel free to visit my blog for families which alternates between the "snuggle and cuddle stage" and supporting independent readers. I'd love to have you follow and contribute!



Also, there are some great articles for tutors on one of my… Continue

Added by Cathy Puett Miller on November 12, 2009 at 5:46pm — 1 Comment

There are many on this forum who work directly with youth. How can we combine our message to draw more resources?

During the next six weeks people in the US and the world will be more generous than they are at any other part of the year. How can we combine our messages on this and other forums, so more donors are choosing non profits represented by members of this forum?



One way is to write a blog talking about what you do, and where you communicate your own message to the public. If you link to this forum on those blogs and Facebook pages, then the people you talk to in other forums will come… Continue

Added by Daniel Bassill on November 10, 2009 at 10:16am — No Comments

Help Tutor/Mentor Connection win donations in America's Giving Challenge

Can you make a $10 donation to help us keep hosting this web site, and the other resources of the Tutor/Mentor Connection? Can you encourage 10 people you know to also make a $10 donation, and to encourage 10 people they know to do so?



We're competing in the America's Giving Challenge on Facebook, where the non profit getting the most donors by Nov. 6 wins $50,000 in addition to the money from those donors.



There are daily prizes of… Continue

Added by Daniel Bassill on October 15, 2009 at 10:27am — No Comments

Programs for at-risk students in Chicago, including matching with jobs, mentors, and counseling

There's funding for programs to mentor and get students off the streets into more supportive environments.

Excerpts from the Wall Street Journal:



"In response to the violence, Chief Executive Officer of Chicago Public Schools Ron Huberman last month announced a safety and security strategy that will target nearly 10,000 high-school students identified as at risk of becoming shooting victims. The project will connect some of them with mentors and part-time jobs in hopes of… Continue

Added by Lara B Colvin on October 10, 2009 at 10:59am — 1 Comment

Television Shows Promote Volunteering - How does this help you promote your own program?

Television viewers will notice the week of October 19 – 25 that their favorite characters and actors are promoting volunteerism to a level never before seen in the entertainment industry.



The effort is part of a multi-year initiative from the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) titled "I Participate," which will encourage Americans to embrace a new way of thinking about service and aims to persuade millions of people to volunteer regularly. For more information about "I… Continue

Added by Daniel Bassill on October 5, 2009 at 9:29am — No Comments

Visualizations can help create shared understanding

On my blog at Tutor/Mentor Connection I post graphics like the one below, to help explain concepts that I feel would result in more resources for tutor/mentor programs, thus, more and better programs reaching more kids. The one below illustrates a goal of educating donors and volunteers so they are visiting forums like this, and our web sites, to learn what we do and decide who, and how, to help.





The chart below illustrates how this… Continue

Added by Daniel Bassill on October 3, 2009 at 9:18am — No Comments

Educating Black Boys: A Film Screening of "BEYOND THE BRICKS"

You are cordially invited to join us at the 2009 Congressional Black Caucus Foundations Annual Conference (Washington D.C) Screening of "Beyond the Bricks".
September 24th, 2009 2-3:30pm at Washington Convention Center Rm 146-C.
In the meanwhile, please connect with us at www.beyondthebricksproject.com

Hope to see you there,
Ouida

Ouida Washington
Washington Koen Media
www.washingtonkoenmedia.com
212 234-3925 ph

Added by Washington Koen on September 22, 2009 at 1:48pm — 1 Comment

Map your strategy

Below is a strategy map that illustrates our goal of helping kids born in poverty be starting jobs and careers by age 25. You can follow the links on this map and find many ideas that you can use to lead this strategy where ever your may be.



If you share the same goal, I encourage you to create concept maps that provide your vision and… Continue

Added by Daniel Bassill on September 20, 2009 at 10:21am — No Comments

Cabrini Connections story on Channel 2 News in Chicago

Last night Channel 2 News did a story about Cabrini Connections, showing a bit about what we do and conveying a message of "help wanted" to potential donor/viewers. You can see the story on their web site.



This illustrates that while we're leading the Tutor/Mentor Connection, and trying to help all of you, and many others, get the volunteers, dollars, ideas, that you need at your… Continue

Added by Daniel Bassill on September 8, 2009 at 8:27am — No Comments

Add yourself to Tutor/Mentor Connection map so you can see how you relate to each other

On the main Tutor/Mentor Connection web site I have a map that you can use to show where you are located in the world, and who you are.



There are other versions of this type of service available, and if someone can figure a way to add it as a feature on this Ning page, please offer it. Until then, the guest map that is… Continue

Added by Daniel Bassill on August 30, 2009 at 10:16am — No Comments

August Tutor/Mentor Connection eNews

You can find the August 2009 newsletter for Tutor/Mentor Connection here. It has lots of links to articles that people involved in volunteer-based tutor/mentor programs should value.



The next Chicago Tutor/Mentor Conference is Nov. 19 and 20 and Nicole White is looking for volunteers to help organize and market the conference, and a few sponsors to help pay for it.



Introduce yourself to Nicole in the… Continue

Added by Daniel Bassill on August 26, 2009 at 3:37pm — No Comments

July Tutor/Mentor Connection eNewsletter

I hope you'll all take a few moments to read the July eNewsletter on line. You can also subscribe to the newsletter from that site.



I focus on Volunteer Recruitment in this issue, because with school starting soon, most tutor/mentor programs are beginning the work of recruiting volunteers and students. At… Continue

Added by Daniel Bassill on July 28, 2009 at 10:55am — No Comments

Good Memory at Cabrini Connections(Part I)

It was my last week to work for Cabrini Connections. I got such a wonderful experience at there.



Nice colleagues, interesting working enviornment, our president-Dan always with smile……



Last Wednesday, Toni organized a party for another two interns from Korea and Chris, who is Northwestern University student and work for one year at Cabrini Connections. Because they finished their mission there.



I posted some photos at My Ablum called Memories at Cabrini… Continue

Added by LIYE LIN on July 14, 2009 at 4:30pm — 2 Comments

The script of Resource Map

Another two interns, who are from Korea, have already finished their internship at Cabrini Connections. I'm glad to work for another week and make it up for my sickness day. Daniel told me to write something about Resource Map done by another two interns.



I looked back the old and new vision of resource map and compare them. New vision uses flash and fresh layout and make people know what our organization resource is going on easily. Old vision just presented the general introduction… Continue

Added by LIYE LIN on July 9, 2009 at 5:30pm — No Comments

Updating connection 'Strategy Map' with 'Resources Map'

We updated the 'Strategy Map'.

If you click the "L" (Learning Network) button, then you can go to the 'Resources Map'.

You must put both two of swf files (Strategy Map & Resources Map) in same folder before you do that.



If you have question, feel free to ask.

These are our e-mail address.



Gunwoong Go (KG) : kgwoong@gmail.com

Sungjoong Kim (Karse) : savermf@hanmail.net







Thank you.







(Execution… Continue

Added by Gunwoong Go on July 8, 2009 at 12:00pm — 1 Comment

Presentation of Resource Map

Hi everyone.

Before we give you the presentation about our work, we want to say thank you.

We had many experience by working in the 'Cabrini Connection' for six weeks.

Also, we met many people, and they give to us much favor.



Our project was re-design for diagram of resources map structure.

Dan said we can do anything what we want to do or what we can do to help Cabrini Connection.

So, we started to looking for the project what is made by formal interns,… Continue

Added by Gunwoong Go on July 7, 2009 at 12:00pm — 2 Comments

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